On the Waterstones Blog

As part of the HarperCollins/Waterstones Killer Crime Festival, HarperCollins have delved through their archives and found some lovely bits of crime fiction history. As if we could have a celebration of crime and never mention Agatha Christie..

She's back! Today it was announced that Lisbeth Salander will return this August in The Girl in the Spider's Web. Bookseller Rob Chilver looks back on the Stieg Larsson novels and looks forward to David Lagercrantz's take on the character.

New and bestselling Crime books from the biggest and best writers in the genre, from the classic crime stories of Agatha Christie, to the "tartan noir" crime novels of Ian Rankin, and from the cosy mystery books of Alexander McCall Smith to thrillers by the likes of Lee Child, and thrilling books by bestselling authors like "Gone Girl" author, Gillian Flynn.